Sports: India beats Australia by 6 wickets
Date
3/28/2016 12:04:56 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) India defeats Australia by six wickets in a do-or-die Group 2 match at I S Bindra stadium on Sunday.
Australia were cruising at 53 for no loss at the end of the fourth over with Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin conceding 17 and 22 in the second and fourth overs respectively but the home bowlers bounced back in the later overs to restrict the Aussies to a competitive total.
For Australia Aaron Finch (43) and Glenn Maxwell (31) were the main contributors as Australia lost the momentum in the later overs at the I S Bindra Stadium.
Finch made 43 off 34 balls at the top while Maxwell scored 31 of 28.Hardik Pandya grabbed two wickets for 36 runs while Ashish Nehra took one wicket for 20 runs in his four overs.
With a semifinal berth at stake for both teams the atmosphere at the stadium was electric as fans flocked to stadium hours before match time.
The in-form Usman Khawaja set the tone for the Australia innings by pulling Nehra for four on the very first ball of the match. The seasoned Indian came back well beating Khawaja twice in the same over. Read More
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